Lyrics-The Old Gumbie Cat

Munkustrap: 

I have a Gumbie cat in mind

Her name is Jennyanydots

Her coat is of the tabby kind

With tiger stripes, and leopard spots

                 

All day she sits beneath the stair

Or on the steps, or on the mat

She sits, and sits, and sits, and sits

And that's what makes a Gumbie cat

That's what makes a Gumbie cat!

Demeter, Bombalurina, & Jellylorum: 

But...

When the day's hustle and bustle is done

Then the Gumbie cat's work is but hardly begun

And when all the family's in bed and asleep

She tucks up her skirts to the basement to creep

She is deeply concerned with the ways of the mice

Jennyanydots: 

Their behavior's not good, and their manners-not nice!

Demeter, Bombalurina, & Jellylorum: 

So when she has got them lined up on the matting

She teaches them

Jennyanydots: 

Music, crocheting, and tatting

Munkustrap: 

I have a Gumbie cat in mind

Her name is Jennyanydots

The curtain cord she likes to wind

And tie it into sailor knots

       

She sits upon the windowsill

Or anything that's smooth and flat

She sits, and sits, and sits, and sits

And that's what makes a Gumbie cat

That's what makes a Gumbie cat!

Demeter, Bombalurina, & Jellylorum: 

But...

When the day's hustle and bustle is done

Then the Gumbie cat's work is but hardly begun

She thinks that the cockroaches

Jennyanydots: 

Just need employment!

Demeter, Bombalurina, & Jellylorum: 

To prevent them from

Jennyanydots: 

Idle and wanton destroyment!

Demeter, Bombalurina, & Jellylorum: 

So she's formed from that lot of disorderly louts

A troop of well disciplined, helpful boy scouts

Jennyanydots: 

With a purpose in life, and a good deed to do

Demeter, Bombalurina, & Jellylorum: 

And she's even...created...a beetle's...tattoo!

All: 

For she's a jolly good fellow!

Jennyanydots: 

Thank you, my dears!